Rafiq is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “intimate friend.” In 2024 it was given to 8 boys in the United States.
Rafiq belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “intimate friend” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rafiq first appears in Social Security records in 1975. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3216 in 1976, and in 2024 8 babies received the name — 412 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rafiq means “intimate friend” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rafiq is a boy name. In 2024, 8 babies received the name in the US.
Rafiq comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Rafiq first appears in US records in 1975. Its best-ever ranking was #3216 in 1976, and 8 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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